Civil rights groups say new Florida education law 'silences and erases' LGBTQ+ people and families
Story at a glance In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Florida families argue that the state’s new Parental Rights in Education law – known to its critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law – violates the First Amendment rights of public school students and teachers. Under the law, public school educators are limited in their ability to address sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
Read MoreNew vaccines and global partnerships can end malaria as we know it
One of the most widely anticipated vaccines ever to be developed, RTS,S, or Mosquirix, is the very first licensed malaria vaccine, and as of last week, the first countries can now apply for it, through Gavi. Taking 35 years to develop and coming more than a century after the search for a malaria vaccine first b
Read MoreWarren, Padilla call on Buttigieg to crack down on airline industry
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) wrote a letter on Tuesday to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Transportation Department general counsel John Putnam urging them to crack down on the airline industry as it experiences delays, cancellations and high prices. “By utilizing its existing licensing and rulemaking authority, the Department can improve experiences for travelers and help bring down exorbitant ticket prices driven in part by anticompetitive mergers,” the senators wrote in
Read MoreButtigieg edges out Biden among Democrats in New Hampshire poll
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg received slightly more support compared to President Biden among likely 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary voters when asked their first choice for president, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) Survey Center Granite Poll found that 17 percent of likely 2024 Democratic primary voters in the state would choose Buttigieg among a list of Democrats, or those who caucus with Democrats, who are cons
Read MorePrimaries are exposing the lie of ‘voter suppression’
If states that passed new voting laws were intending to suppress voter turnout, as many Democrats and much of the media have alleged, those efforts have failed, miserably. Many have seen record midterm primary voter turnout. Meanwhile, some of the deep blue states with progressive politicians who made the voter-suppression allegations have experienced abysmal voter turnout. Remember the allegations?
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